Madeon

Hugo Pierre Leclercq, known by his stage name Madeon, is an electro house/pop producer from France. He gained popularity with his video "Pop Culture", which was published to YouTube and subsequently received millions of hits in its first few days. Production-wise, Madeon is quite outspoken about his love for FL Studio as his main DAW. He doesn't use any hardware in his productions save for an interface, controller keyboard, and monitors or headphones. Madeon's live/DJ setup has been the subject of much scrutiny, as he has popularized the use of the Ableton Live software and various midi controllers as a means to mix tracks and create mashups on the fly. Madeon has opted for this route in favor of the more traditional turntables and mixer setup, and is often photographed with at least one Novation Launchpad controller by his side.

When asked if he uses any analogue gear, Madeon responds, "What's the point? ... more

When asked if he uses any analogue gear, Madeon responds, "What's the point? I've never been a big fan of analogue, and if I want an analogue sound, I can get it from a plugin. DIVA is useful for that."

Image-Line Maximus is a software multiband compressor used by Madeon for more... more

Image-Line Maximus is a software multiband compressor used by Madeon for more control over his mixes. In the tweet, Madeon responds to a fan by unveiling Maximus as one of the tools in his arsenal for his multiband needs.

The fan asks, "How in the living hell do you get your tracks to be so WIDE?"
Madeon responds, "Be thoughtful with stereo !"
Another fan asks, "Do you use the merge/spread knob in the mixers tracks sometimes?"
And finally Madeon replies, "No I do it multiband with Maximus."